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Tag we•Iliboonp wishes its Many
frietlds-and,atrons fur and near a
happy New Year. Figuratively
el -making we extend thr in a friendly
hand and we almost feel the kindly
return: We.. have bad their assist•
anon in the year just about closed
in fighting their battles and onr
own, Wo are one of the people
whose_5Qvereign power controls the
destinies of this fair Canada of Ours
--becoming fairer and more beauti-
ful to look upon as the few within
our borders. more traitourously at-
tetupt to befoul her. Friends- _Sind
parous we thank you! Through
evil and good report you have seen
that the highest aim of rho Ews
RECORD hes been to advot::ttu the
cause of the people and give you
a good newspaper. You have not
been wanting in your appreciation
ofoui' efforts both by kind words
and by furnishing the sinews of
war. And it has required, all the
money we have received to keep
the machine a -going. Since ad-
dreesing ayear ago we have largely
added to the plant and machinery
of our office; and we have enleiged
our paper and by declining outside.
fraud advertisements at any price
and legitimate ones .at• nominal
rates, wo now give a quantity and
variety of reading matter not excell-
ed by any paper and equalled 'but
by few •in the Province. It is true
we have not made any money.
Every dollar has been invested in
perfecting the means by %illicit wo
are ennlilecf `to publish the excellent-
ly printed paper which we, furnish'
you every • week. The increased'
cost of the enlarged paper and the
labor in,hlved in filling it with
literary matter of the highest order,
have made our expenses probably
:500 more during the last th.au the
preceding year. The loading char-
acteristic of Conservatism is pro-
greas and we have conscientiously
endeavored to be in accord with
it.
In 'natters of national importance
the Conservative party have been
endorsed by the country, This
time one year ago the fate of our
cun:itrywas trembling in the
balance. Fraud, corruption and
lj'ing of the most inveterate kind
were resorted to:at'tlte then pending
elections, by factionists and partis-
ans, ,to overthrow the people's
Govei'ninent. The•God of truth as
well as politics favored the brave,
patriotic party which had determined
that there` shall be only one law for
all—for Jew and Gentile—for Grit
and Tory—for Reformer or't enser-
vative. We congratulate the country
on its verdict. Wo thank honest
Reformers in this hiding—all over
the cQi ntry, who preferred •country
to )Iir•ty in the• hour when clique
a faction sought to undo the
A
generations
vot•lt of
of loyal British
% C anadians: -
The same . untoward influences
that were balked one year ago are
again at tt'oi•k seeking .under the
mask of Comuiorcial annexation to
accomplish. now, or in the near
future, that which they happily
failed in then.
May enemies abroad and ballots
at home meet with as little suce,iss
iu 1888 as they did in 1887.
Long live Canada 1
OFFICIAL FIGURES 7'A LK.
- Some of the advocates of commer-
cial annexation say that the trade
of Canada is greater with the United
States than it is with Great ilritnin,
This is not the case. In 1886 Can-
ada's exports to Great Britain
amounted to $41,542,619 ; to the
United States 36,578,769. If we add
Canadian exports to other portions
of the British Empire wit) will have
a further sunt o1'$3,542,926, mak in^
the total exports from Canada to
,other portions of the British Empire
amount to $45,085,545—nearly ten
millions more than we exported to
our famishing American neighbors.
It is contended by some that the
contiguity of the United States to
Canada is powerful argument for
the commercial annexation of Canada
to it. But our very contiguity to it
ie moat assuredly the strongest rea-
son for Canadians holding their
own under present political condi-
tions.
Commercial Union as .,proposed
01
t��911tttltks,o 'tvott'glatio ot)>,,
polit1Ca1 tonight%9p dot' the y1'se .4s`i
Woii:M.'ciopro$s . lilxo '',i;lx_tke: hoot-,
Market for .tho great Aolk of fttllll-,.;
et's 4AM-1 00 Wtiich thy ,Ectitoricl ti:
p)o4,u,ce 00 u Ugh More .largely than 4
ire do, • - .
Thom as regards menn,factules •
Mr. Whar)rou Darker:, its -`eminent
American. political economist, .iii:..
advocating commercial union- says;-.
'"Uuquestionably it .1011 afford our.
manufacturers au increased market
in Caueda.'_
The balance of trade' is already'.
too large against Canada. In 1886
rho inrpor. d from the • United
States to the value of $35,770,150;tvii
exported in return of the produce -of
Canadato the extent oT'only $26,99.7
914. 'Take clown the onsturns
barrier altooethor and their is..overy
reason to believe that instead of
their selling us ten million dollars
worth of goods more than they bny
ft ona 014, they would probably
treble that. '\Vo would th ns bit
come. adeed bowers of -wood and
drawers of water for our aggressive
rand unscrupeluua neighbors. As
Britons we should hold the fort
that we now possess. Wu now
keep the gates ajar letting iu only
w.hont and whit. we like. Let us
take the gates off altogether nod the
enemy would rush in and by the
physical force of numbers alone
they wsuld gag and bind -tie under
the powers they wunld possess
under commercial annexation.
ELECTION CQiV7'ES7'b' AND
PROTESTS.
The result of the elections held
last February must bo highly grati-
fying to the people at huge. Nut
only was the Government sustained
by a good majority (about 50) over
the most determined Misrepresenta-
tion, factious opposition and cur-
ruption ever practiced by the "eats"
in Canada. But the Conservative
party showed by the manner in
which they conducted their side of
the contest that had they been
beaten they- could have legitiinatoly
worn the white flower of a blame-
less campaign in token. of the parity
of their conduct.
The proofs of Conservative pur-
ity and Grit trickery have been
adduced in almost every° election;
protest trial. 'We' tuight refer Co
some..of them that come . to mind
at present. •
Campbell', Grit, of Kent, unseat•
ed,' the Judge declaring his belief
in respo'ndent's guilt of personal
bribery. -
Porter,Tory,of West Huron, though
charted in 'over twenty different
counts with personal bribery and
in a great many more with bribery
by agents, isacknowledged by coun-
sel for petitioner to be free from
corrupt practices with no evidence
against agents, and' asking that the
petition bo distnisgoil without costs
to either party. A very lugubrious
ending to a most malicibus prose-
eution. •
• Sir John Dlacdonatld confirmed
in his scat for Kingston, tho Judge
reporting that several of the wit-
nesses who had virtually been •sub-
borned by the Grits should be pro-
secuted for perjury or obtaining
money under false pretenses. „The
Grit pushers also leaving themselves
open to prosecution for unlawfully
conspiringlly the offer and payment,
of stoney to false witnesses.
On the other hand wo last week
find the parliatnentau•y heads taken
off three Grits for corrupt practices :
Dr. Platt, MI. P. of Prince Edward ;-
Dr. Willoughby M. P. P. of East
Northumberland and Dr. Chamber-
lain M. I',i.P, of Dundas.
Levitt of Yarmouth, N. S. was
unseated For 'grossly corrupt prac-
tices by" agents, his own partner
paying out in his officit,.the day pre-
vious to election several hundred
dollars for DSO in boxing up voters.
And it Was irreligiously so used.
"And General Laurin has now de-
feated M)•. Robertson (Grit) in
Shelburne, N. S. Mr. Robertson -leas
elected in February but was unseat•
odror corrupt practices. •
•
—An election to fill the vacant seat
for Northumberland, N.. B., in the
Provincial Legislature has resulted
in a tie, Under some election laws
the returning officer bas a casting
vote ; but this is not the case in
New .Brunswick. If the county judge
does not find, when malting the re-
count, that dome of the- haling are
improperly marked, the contest
Must be fought over again.
0,
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,RCIlia ovIr ,0 FA
- .d,ftgr' Mr; ,l n;+,lten 414.4411eelta itl
kta1►tt:stioa7taa Tiat1.r.►t+aclrtu -o014
tnefelal limon at :ivory close -roads
i"ul•tbi) c.oUntII I' Ii0ltionaud, 'aild-
and—Owl!, the melancholy; i'esul0 of the
elertigh Wei made l'cnottin to tht
Grits, they unanimously leached the
cdnolueion -that commercial union
had not had a fair phance iu Halti,i-
]hand; that it was uet a tftreot issue,
and that It vas unfair to says that the
fame.% of eldimtilr.d - had turned4
cold shoulder to the ,fad. But wait,
said tliey,'nutil the Shelburne elect-
tion- °Qtpre off and you will see
something- In. Shelburne . Mr.
Ztcbei•tson coddles out -squarely as an
advocate bf commercial' union and
the election will be fought out on
that issue. The el -velem in Shel-
burne will Show that the `people of
Canada are nut in favor of reetricted
trade, but yearu fur an a feuded
market that will take in sj•tty tail
l'ions'0r broiler -eaters, The Shel-
burne election will be a fair test.
Thus 11413 prophecy,
Well, the .5holburuo election has
conte off. The riding was provioue-
ly represented by Mr. Robertsou,
one of the noisiest Grite in all the
noisy opposition. He 'talked com-
mercial uuion; slid his friends talk-
ed commercial anion, until the eats
of the unfortunate Shelburners rang
with commercial union and the ad-
. .-
of an extended market.
13at the result was mush the salvo
as iu Ililld1mend—only worse, from
a Grit Staudpyiut. The Grit- eou-
stituency was changed 10 a Conser-
vative one ; 11r. 1 obertsou's former
majority disappeared, and General
Laurie, Conservative and aati-conn=
uterciltl-eilionist, was elected. And
this even in it province whose"nat-
tn;tl market" is in the United
States, Since then we have had Eltst
Northinberlaud, which elected Dr.
Mallory last February when com-
mercial union as an issue was in the
womb of futurity, rejecting hint bo -
cause he came out ihtt-footed as a
commercial annexationist. The
agitators constantly tell u9 111411 the.
people are largely in favor of the
'fad; whenever the people have a
chance they, prove conclusively•
that they will have none of it,
Let the good work go on. As
Liberal -Conservatives we ought to
feel grateful to the, Grits for having
taken up Wiman's wild scheme ; it
gains scats for us. Keep the brill
rolling, gentlemen; commercial
union has been proved to he a good
thing—for those who do not be-
lieve in it.
Annexationiete Will Lie..
A fe 1 flays ago the Loudon ;td
vcrtisr:r told how $4,500 in duty
was pain on Otte 81 1104teut of poll'.
try from Canada tii•t to - tilt.- Milted
Stat. s, anti prooet•ded to show how
the Poultry reels Would boom if
commercial tinier. were adopted 0111
the duty removed. Since then the
St. 'Phomas Joitenal 'tuff Brantford
Expositor have reiterated the $4,500
duty story, and have had their
whacks at the "restrietinents."
When the story appeared in the
Advertiser we supposed that the
editor of that paper was ignorant of
the fact. that there is' no duty on
poultry going front Canada to the
United States,§1But it cannot be
possible that all the Grit editors lire
thus ignorant ; it must he that, ar
guuil•ut. having failed to nako out
a good case for commercial union,
its advocates have resorted to the
old Grit expedient of lying and
sticking to it. 'The Brantford Ex-
positor goes a step farther than its
con tem poral'ies, dint elaistts eggs
among the articles that encounter
the ''customs barrier" at the bona•
dary of the ;United States. It %is
not possible that, there is a school•
boy in Canada who (Ines not know
that egg's, like poultry, are import;
sen into the (fulled States free of •
duty. The Expositor's .argument,
based on a duty on poultry and
eggs, which duty does not exist, is
amusing. It says :---
And with the low price to wltielt wheat
has gone, what a grand opening, under
commercial annexation there would be for
the most remunerative products of Cana-
dian farms. ' But the antis say the farm-
ers cannot have this boon. They must bo
loyal (to the N. P.) and barely subsist
upon their pittance, sucked dry as it now
is by the oppressive impositions of that
bird of unhappy omen, the N. P.
We are gust a littler afraid that
the C;.utadian farmer will require to
be 1. Id 80 by :<n111r,•11are, veracious
,journal time del Expositor. before
ire begins to think that the N. P. is
doing` him touch damage. --Specta-
tor.
SIM
—By the spreading of the rails
near Fairport, on the Minnesota and
Northwestern railroad a train of
seven coaches, containing 150
passengers, was thrown off the track.
Tbree persons were severely hurt
of whom Mrs. Jno. McGuflin, of
Virden, Manitoba, js in a critical con.
dition.
• —Mrs. Helmbolt, wife of August
Helmbolt, living"near .Newman. I11 ,
has for some -time been jealous of
the good looking servant girl of the
house: At the breakfast table
yesterday morning she made known
her jealousy, and bitter words soon
gave place to blows. Finally butch-
er knives were brought into service
and both women were mortally
wounded.
•
Ajayolt 1> #tll+ehond `140ye, Alts;
Nordin. and -4 PeRotr, eey,o.
il,larlttio trotlimed by .0eeltl"tilatip p;
Velit p0•11.11`MI'I,LORS.
Sr. A tnt,>a)f's 'otter,.
'ohu. Johnetoxit Thos Holloway,
Sam. W`ilsa.n.
- ST .J4trea' W=ARD.—Thas Jackson,
sr-, H. It \Vanier, '1'IIOs, Mckenzie,
Jas. Werr,y, Geo. Oration, J. L.
Sheppard, AI; Kelly,
ST. Joflrl's WARD.—D, Il.
Kennedy, Win. Cooper—acclama-
tion.
ST. GItoRGE's lATAnn,—.Day id
Cantelon, T. 0• Doherty, 1t. Fitz-
simmons, 1V. C. Searle. ,
Pµblic School Report.
The following is a het of Pronto -
tions made at the Public, Settee', ar-
ranged according to order of merit : ••
• To I.—Sadie Reeve, Lucy
Stevens, Emma '1'ipling, }high -Moore,
James Wilson, Alice Cottle, Gari-tu
Walker, Robt. Menzies, Ernest Black-
er, H. Jackson, James Sheppard,
Hattie 'Tedford, Geo:- Steep,- Maud
Keaue,Jessio McDonald,May Biggest,
Dottie Fair. .
'l'o 1)IVr.sION u. -.Ida Holmes, Alex.
ngus, Lucy ` Sheppard, Annie
Cruickshauk,Lily Johnson, and Alice
Whitehead, Ida DlcLeuuan, Geo. Alc-
Itae, Birdie Heywood, Robt. kenncy
Nettie McRae, Maggie Beattie, Jos.
Artnstron4 , Mabel \Varcl, 1-L Read,
1). Cantelon, May Giffin, Jennie
-Handier, Edith Giffin.
1'0 DivIsioN• m. --Mabel Doherty,
Azie Gibbings, and Mary McMurchie,
Maud Whaley, Laura 'Thompson,
AmeliaiHarland, and Edith Carr, N.
Patterson, Marion Marland, and May
Hor-1uan,Luster Whitely,Cllas,Everitt
and Dlalent. McCuaig, Edith '1'rouse,
AL Pratt, James Fortune, Amelia
Fitzstiuuns,•L, Peckitt, Lennie Irwin,
Bayard • Craig, John Carter, Peter
McDonald, Alf Heywood, Minnie
Brown, Bertie Cook, Lottie Kerr,
Clara Daywent, H. MaBrien, Jennie
Niurmens, Ward Osborne,
To DAvisteN Iv.—Stuart Plummer,
Norman Werry, May Campbell,
Annie Alexander, Grace Tedford,
Ada . MoI)onald, Jennie Cornelius,
,Jennie Moffat, Matilda Gauley,
Blanche Sheppard, Jessie Gardner,
Willie Tweedy,, Joan McTaggart,
Maggie Armstrong, Bertha Bean,
Matilda Ginn, Grace .Overbury, Lou
Heywood, -rank Stanburv, John
Bennett, A lexandar Sloman, James
McKenzie, Richard Finch, , Eliza
Cook, Jean Fortune, Jaynes Mer-
cer, John Forrester,• Willie
Wheatly, .Willie Coats. Andrew Forr-
ester, Geo Cooper, Lizzie Wheatly,
Maggie Anderson.
To DIVISION v.—Minnie Aitkins,
Annie McCorvie, M. Keane, Willbert,
Pullman, Lynn Weir, Mary Irwin,
Mabel Detlor• Katie Halliday, Chas.
McGregor, Willie Doherty, Tena•Mc-
Cuaig, Lily llunt,Sadie Sibley, Mary
Gill, Lena—.Doherty,. Minnie 'l'ipling,
Jas, McRae, Nellie Dunlop, Sidney
Stanbury,Eva Cooper,Agna;ta Taylor,
Newton Davis, Samuel Wilson,
Frank Stewart, frank Glew, Ross
Williams, Albert Whiteside, Nettie
Scott, Ida Everitt, Willie Cantelon,
Chas. Carr, Robt Nitmmins, Willie
McMurray.
''I'o DivestoN vi.—Edith Ilodgens,
Perry Pluwsteel, Minnie Moore, Will
1Vilson,Minuic Smith, Mande Young,
Chas. Lawrence, Sarah Smith, May
Reeve,Mina Molville,Bella Dloore,Ed-
die Johnston,Herbert Sparling,Jslnes•
Leslio,Nellie Patterson, 2d. A. Ascott,
Maud Scott,C. Blackstone, Mag War-
ner, Emniai Patterson; Cassie Moffatt
\Iagcie' McLennan, Lou fioltees,
Flora Cunuinghalme, Lizzie 'twitch-.
e71, Ida Cottle, Lotti; Foster, Arthur
Bean, • H. Doherty, Roxy Powell,
Bella Paisley, Mi, Moffat, Bridget
Davern, Clara Steep,, .-Etta Young,
Hattie Giffin.
To DitrisroN vii,— G, Whitely, J.
Dayment, B. Fisher,Peter Matheson,
E. Rumball, L. Wheatly, L. Grant,
B. McEwen, M. Rumball, M. Bean,
W. Thompson, G. Cook, F. Kerr,
J. Worthington, A. Worthington, J.
-Knowles,• R. Cook, . P. Glazier, N:
Cottier, C. Cook, E. Cook F. Hovey,
G. Muir, E. Thompson, C. Robertson,
L. Tipling, B. Pullman, W. Jackson,
A. Cooper, W. McRae, D. McKee, V.
11111, 0. Hamner, L. Kinsman, W.
`Miller,' . Foster, H.,Kerr, H. Ken-
ney.
Average attendance for Dec: 481.
' CLINTON.
Al'lROVED TEACHER:
At the December Modelite Exa-
minations the following passed.
Pass mark's 540.
Anderson, Jghn 543 ; Bell, Jas. W.
555' ; Cozens, .Absolom 568 ; Fowler,
Howard 594; Henry, Thos. R. 576 ;
Lamont, John G. 605; Landsborough,
(las. 589; Martin, David 6I7; Morrison
Wm. 611; Morrish, Alfred 540; Mo -
Fadden, Uriah 669; Purvis, Geo. 643;
Watters, Wm, 606; •McIntosh, Alex.
689; Brown, Sarah 612; Crich, Gert-
rude 618 ; Campbell, Lydia 575 ;
Dewar, Jessie 633; Duncan,Isttbel 599;
Farquarson, Cassie 615 ; Hislop, Mag-
gie IL 607 ; Keefe, Ella 610 ; Lovell,
Jean 584; Moffat, Annie 633; Morri-
son, Maggie P. 58I; Monteith, Lizzie
653; McMordie, Mary 609; MoConnel,
A tinie 614; Nash, Kate M. 616; . Pol.
lard,Grace E. 577; Robertson, Christy,
679 ; Taylor; Annie C. 696 ; Taylor,May I., 642. Renewed by Board.—
Lily L. Dey; Mary I. Hate ; Geo. A.
Dewar; Daniel Johnston. •
GODEItICH.
Allan, Marian 630; Boyd, Clara A.
6663 Blair, Mary A. 866; Campbell,
Susie 691; Dickson,Jennie'634• Dunn,
'Theresa 566; Ester, T111ah 6011 : Fin-
lay, Beatrice 681; Linfield, Mary 620;
McNeil, Ellen 628 ; Kegan, Bridget
648; Sharman, Allie 691 ; Shortreed,,
Clmistena 555; Struthers, Kate 683 ;
Taylor, Rebecca 653 DAvidson, C. D.
021; Govenlock, Wm. M. 633; IIey,
Charles 63'I ; Ilartleyl,,4rntand 619 ;
Inglis, Fred 586; Killorap, Jas. 668;
Matheson, Angus 636 ; Morrison,
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GIF'
Avail yourself of the. liberality of THE POOR 'MAN'S valor) if`you
have not yet done so. Remember, such ;'tn oppbl-ttintty tt'i,ll not be
offered you for another twelve months. • You all know-ottr Goods are 44, .
CHEAP as can be had . iu the County, and besides, title FOII. THIS
WEEK Lively CASA PUiCHASER is entitled to one of out •
fir., HANDSOME PRES NTS.
-Trustfrla you havtl all 'enjoyed a MERRY XMAS and wishiug you a very.'
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEWT YEAR, I ani, as, ever,.
"ThEinPOOR MAN'S FRIEND"
q--O
BEAT 0
Great Cash Store, Clinton.
Matthew 606 ; Mullin, Jno. 5.660 ;
McCall, Alex. 693; McKay, John 730,
Robertson, '.Herbert 584; Stewart,
Peter 641.
'rhe Proposed Municipal Loan.
•
In consideration of the town of Clinton
granting ate a luau of $7000 without in-
terest for ten years. I David Graham,
of Inglewood, in the county of Peel, man-
nfaeturer, agree to do as follows :— •
1'o expend the sunt of $2000 on the
iuill property now owngd by rue in +the
town of Clinton before any part of the
said loan is advanced. The sum of $2000
not to include any expenditure for 'bur•
poses of electric light.
'lb, give a first mortgage on said mill
property and a collateral Chattel Mortga-
ge en the machinery in said mill for tlte°
full sum of $7000 conditioned to repay
the same as follows : $1000 on the 1st
day of April 1892 and a $1000 on the
sante day in each of the following six years
without interest.
To give any personal bond for the repay a
wont of said sum on the same terms.
To enter into an agreement to run the
said mill property for et least eleven
months in the ,year and to keep employed
ill so doing thirty employees under wages
—and in case or default at any time to
'give the town full power to proceed under
the, said mortgages and bumf. -
Said mortgages, bond and. agreement to be
drawn and executed. to the satisfaction of
die Fiuitnce Committee of the town coau-
cil or any'solicitor they may retain.
To keep the said mill property and
Machinery insured to its full insurable
value of to the sunt of $0000.
'1'o accept from the said totrn as cash
the debentures •contemplated hereunder
for $7000 with interest thereou at ri per
emit. sayable half yearly.
(Signed)
1)atvui Ur: .iiLot .
Upon Alr. Graham signifying his as-
sent to the foregoing conditions the Com-
mittee agree to submit the same to to an
informal vote of the properly qualified
electors at the ensuing Municipal elections
and in the event of the same being carried
to recommend the incoming .council to
submit the same iu the regular way.
The Lay of the Candidate.
Guelph Herald.
His style is neat,
His smile is. 'weet, •
Sonic folks blight call it bland.
He lifts his hat •
To John or Yat,
And grasps.him by the hand.
Six months ago,
Now this is so,
l3oth John and Pat declare,
With head -raised high,
' He'd pass theta by
Without a word or stare.
•
It's rather strange
That such a change
Should o'er him come, 'tis trite.
Ng longer cmld, . •
He now makes bold
0111 friendships to' renew.
• • E'a•e weeks have gone
Both Pat and John
He'll sweetly call "old pard,"
And slyly kiss
Each little miss
That lives down in his ward.
It might be well
If I would toll
His saute, degree or state,
But all I'll sax .
Is this : he may
Be called a candidate.
JANUARY WEATHER.—A• weather
prophet gives the following forecast
for January : "A month in which
extreme cold mad unseasonable
-mildness will alternate. Abrupt
changes of temperature. Below
zero one day and mild a`nd rainy
24 hours later, The "January thaw"
will likely be a marked feature,
very different froin 1887. Throe or
four cold "dips," which, although
sevoro,will be of short duration.
A January of alternate "dips" and
"church steeples,"
Bto DAY'S Wong, ---The greatest
amount of work done in ono day. in
the blacksmithing • line we "have
heard of'for some time was perform-
ed on Monday, by Mr. 13. 'Lester.
Starting to work at 9 o'clock Mon-
doy morning be took off 33 horse
shoos, corked them and put them
on again, after which he ironed a
full sot of double whifotrees, mak-
ing everything. lie finished work
at 8 o'clock being working exaet?y
9 hours._Eenfreta Journal.
In and About the' County,
—Jamesand Oliver, sons of John
Harris, 19th concession of Grey,
recently sawed one cord of hardwood
in 17 minutes. -
—A by-law will be submitted at'
the elections in Essex Centre, Essex
county, in January to raise the
liquor !Lenses to $500.
--Mr. Carlton,,ot East Wawanosh,
is now on his ,way hotite front the
Old Country with several fine heavy
draught stallions and breeding mares
of the Clydesdale breed.
—Mr. Thomas' Coati, of . East Wa-
wanosh, who has been suffering for.
some time from a diseased leg,
had it amputated just above' the
ankle a few days ago.
—Rev. J. J. Charlton delivered a,:
sermon on Sunday at Platteville
Devil." His ren)aaks were stronply
against the omnipotence and omni -
she was shrunk from about 3001bs,
to about L001bs.
—At the last Wgitdstock Council
meeting a resolution was adopted
providing for the submission to tie
Council of a shall- act of incorpora-
tion, and petitioning the Legislature
to pass °an act incorporating the
town into a city.
—A Burford township wedding •
party recently marched to the Mount
Pleasant station on the. Brantford.
and 'i'ilsonburg line, to catch the '
west bound evening express, hoaded
by a fife and drum band. This isa new.
idea in wedding blowouts.
—The Woodstock 7'rrnes says:
Nine tramps, who thought they were
going to have a soft snap in the
county,goal here all winter, were re-
moved to theCenitral Prison at 'Tor-
onto on -Wednesday. They will be
matte to earn their board there. .
—As a danghtet' of Mr. Riclia'rd
Martin, concession 4, Huron, was
going .to the pump for a pail of water;
.the other day, she slipped and fell,
a pencil in her dress pocket pen-
etrated her limb. The pencil could
not be located for some tit'ne, but it
was finally extracted. --
--A ten-year•old son of Wm. Mc-
Master of Peterboro, was...fsund
dead one morning, hanging by the -
neck between the edges of two planks
in the loose flooring of an unused
building. He was • evidently trying
to raise himself through the floor,
-`dipped, was caught between the
planks and was unable to extricate
himself.
Judge Finkle, of Woodstock, has
madehis report in the case of Bueh•
anan vs. Wilson, tried before him
a short time ego at Ingersoll: There
were seven charges preferred against
ex•Chief Wilson by MayorBuchanan,
and of these iris Honor declare six
to have been sustained. The char-
ges held to have been • proven are
that hefailed to make weeltlu_ re •
-
turns of mon7eys in his bands.. and
was guilty of insubordination%
—The St, Mary's. Journal, alluding
to the-- examination of Thomar, .
Williamson, ,jr. (one of the Whiskey .
detectives), says:—"DIr. Thompson,
father-in-law of the younger William• --
son, gave bail for the .appearance
of his son-in-law at Court, but stated
that he did so .in the interests of the
family only, as he would rather see
any relative of his beg than follow
the ,miserable business of a whisky
informer.
- A fellow named Alex. Ward, of
Wiarton, rcently committed an
assault upon his ' mother...The ,
Reeve, Mr. Parke, punished him for ..
his unnatural offence, and the 'local
newspaper, the Echo, published an
account of the proceedings, Ward
thereupon thrashed the editor of the'
Echo, but a few days ago, the editor
took his innings and had Ward' up
before Judge Kingsmill. , His Honor
very properly, sent the scamp to tete,
Central Prison for six months. .
Mr. • Lowes, Polies Magistrate
Wellington, who lives in Rothstiy,`,,
experienced quite a surprise recent
ly. Elis bailiff bad :seined a certain
amount of whiskey, and stored it
the Magistrate's cellar. Parties
knowing this got up a Iittle'game On t.
Lowes when he was away from hone.
Somebody was taken whiskey 111
late in the evening, and to save l!t
in the emergency, Mrs, LoWes Wag
prevailed upon to sell, some of the
whiskey, to the amount of e1.5C
As a result Mr. Lowes was rived l5fib
and costa. F i
—A sow belonging to Mr ,F
Flewelfing, of Garafraxa dissapp'eari,) ''
ed on the 18th of Jetobor, tti`f1'
nothing iva0 seen or heard 6f 'h
until the 30tli of No'tet> b'eie Tit
day a pigwhich they were trying
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